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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

VS. hearsils agree with the New
Work WeroM shat'tor the present, it
ia Mr.. Cleselnnd's tuFE. If the party
"a not re,elect Mr.. Cleveland l.:
1883, it,eanrnot elect anybody. II
il rcpuGiates him, that will he he
-canse IL wants O worse man, be.
cause il rebels against his moderate,
conservative end patriotic policy;
and that kind Of rebellion will cost
-thc party more than it can afford to
'seHturc without eanse or reason.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

Now is the time to keep the piow
in motion, whenever the weather and
The state Of the soil will permit. NO
time should be iost'!n preparing the
grounG to receive the seed. Late
planting is not a good policy to be
governed byin this section. Plant
early, and plant q plenty If you wish
TO realise a inst compensation for
your time. non't let the IacE Of
energy:ahd pluck persuade yon with
the idau tl,at that is more land than
you are able TO cultivate. Eon up
v0nr~ s}ecres, tcke ltola OF The plow
with a will and determination 10
mS.c it perform its duty: tell tae old
horse to git up" and YOU git up
WITH. nim, and our wor6 for il, failure
OF crops, Or short crops. will he a
$hiag Unknown in our parish. afler
you haze made o COED crop--pro-
vidcH sou do not eat it up before it
is made-you will find tac necessa-
ries of life to he muck cheaper than
If you had only made q half crop,
or no crop at all. Go to work, then,
and make the merchant come to YOU
Instead Of Jon goiHg to Aiya. The
financial vlt;F is mithin tie grasp Of
the Tfarmer-he shonld he the one to
make It's lash crack.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

An exchange truly says: If you
desire to build up your town. spend
your money in it. All things being
equal, you should trade with yonr
home merchant and have your work
done at home. This is the spirit
that builds up towns. There is no
excuse to go away from home to
purchase small retail bills, for by
the time you paw expenses they cost
you more than if bought at home.'
Our merchants. in order to retain
the home trade, should advertise and
r%atron,1e their parle', paper freely
and l!heralIv.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

We learn by private letter that
several large buildings are inconrse
-5g erection at Croy|y, Acadia par
1sh, and that the prospective new
8oun will soon rise too lofty height,
and that q patent outside newspaper
Is talking about an act Of incorpo.
rating it, and wien it will sNconc
q city and have o mayor will hire a
policeman to ehalk down the drinks
aa they ore taken by the bull.Nhack,
ars OF the grassy plains. 60 il,
Crowley. there is nothing that will
mnao vouv slide smell like a wagon
shan to grease it we'll With tar.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
SehntOr Z1ussls in E2osiCm.

Among the distinguished guests
at the annual banquet Of the Boston
Merchants Il ssociation. given Decesn.
her 29lh, at the !Jetel Tandorne, ia
the city, was Senator Enstis, whose
r:eaGal3-s werc ljstcned 20 with atten.
and often greeted With applause.
She Boston ste.ss.M says:
f'rom taeextreme Northeastern to
the fallhcst South there was arc.
bound OF the attention Of The listen.
ers az the president an,nunccd Sen
atar ). y. Eustis, Of louisiana. A
large framed, bronzeG cmnplexionoi
alen. ~ith strong features and clcsciy
trimmed iron gray Aair and beard.
he appeared sturdy enough TO he
VIVA: he claimed "a link between
the New EnglanGcr asfd the native
Southerner.
He lad not spoGcn loag before
the listeners learned that beneath
his quiet delivery and unprctcn1ious
manner ,Aere lay d wide acquaint.
ance with public questions, and T.
most enjoyable humor and aptitude
iu Illustration.
His closing remarks, which won
hearty plasd;ts, we're as follows
{wtsh to say that tic Boston mer-
chant is The highest type Of human
generosity. Arplause. 70 sHe
cry'of distress, the appeal 70 charity
he has never turned a'aeaf ear. and
We in Louisiana, who have suffered
tribuIations Of pc%Stilential disease
and food; we vino have been the
recipients Of your heneisctn.s appre.
ciate all this, and 4! wish, mike
name of the people OF Louisiana, to
thank yon for yoHr past generosity
with heartfelt gratitude toward you.
Prolonged appIanse.l
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
NOTICE,
Land Office at New Orleans, La.

December <. 1885.
Notice is hereby given the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intcn-
ton t" make final proof in support of his
claim, md that said ppnof viii he made
before ne judge or in his absence the
Clerk of the District Court. at A}>heville,
La. on Thursday, January 27, 1881, viz !:
Marianne f~kargois. VINO made Homestead
Entry No. 1864. for the NE quarter. Sec. u,
+. II, II. East Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon. ana
cultivation of said land, viz:
J.. 7. Broussard. u. Q. Bronssard. Joseph
Bonhomme. jules Guidry, all of FerInillon
parish, Louisiana.
THos. J. BUTLER, Register
Dec. IS, 1886
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

The New Orleans Stnndara, con.
'&supl'eG and edited by colorcd men,
mas the foregoing to say about the
present wing party governing our
c.;tate affairs: "Ex.Chief of Aids,
Y. j. 'Bonsso, passed through the
a.ity recently; vas q passenger on
4Bc City Of Dallas, and is now snfc
lin Honduras. Join fi,e ranks Of fhe
ring; steal, sedncc girls by means Of
'5orgea certificates Of marriage, mur
der If yag please, and the ring will
ace you to al'c p%cnitentiary; hut,
don't forget it, at the proper time
aG will sec you ont, also
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
GonStabIG'S Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Neimilion:
Eighth JUSTICES 4'ourt
No. 80.
Z. Il. Dupng

cannon Gage
10y virtue of Il writ OF tieri racG.s sSs;,Si
ID by the Iion"rablest h Suustice'S Eoar1.
in and for the parish of |crmili"n. i'll the
above entitled and n%uplbered suit, and to
me directed, I vii! proceed to sell at pub
lie sale. to the last and highest bidder. for
cash. with benefit Of appraiselnent, at the
office of the Eighth Justices CornT, i'll this
parish: on
Saturday ahmHuary a. Nsss.
between the hours Of II O'Clock Il. NJ. upl
4 o'clock p m. and continuing from day to
Gay if necessary. NIL the rights. titles,
interests and demands Of the defendant.
IN and 20 the following described properly;
seized 70 satisfy ssid writ. 30 Wit:
'Obe dwelling Aearse with SIZED ron at
tachel.
Given under my official Siguatur1lre this
1'th day OF j January lEs7.
JOSE. MILLS. gonS1ub BILE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

United Stoies senator. J. =. Eastis.
mas DOR thanks for o complete file Of
public documents; also a copy Of the
addresses On the acceptance by con-
Cress Of abe statue OF James 4.
Garfield, presented by the State oi
Ohio.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
NOTICE..
Land Office a. New Orleans. La.

December y. 1856.
Notice is hereby given tAat the follow
iig. named settler has flee notice of his
intention t" make tiMai proof in support Of
Ais clam, and shat said proof will be
made bt1ele the Judge Or iii his absence
tlir Clerk Of the District Court, at a bhe-
Vile, La. on Thursday. January 27, 1887,
viz: Eugene Ln.El&nc. WHO made Home
Entry No. 61G9 for the southwest quarter.
section u. township Il, &E. 2 East Louis
lana Mcridiau.
He names the following witnesses to
prove has continuous residence upon, AMI
cnltivatitm q Saidlan''. yiz:
: lnrzimr iss-r,. Au1elien Simon, I'LL Of
y ernliion parish, In.
THos. j. BI-TLEF, Register.
nrccmlter Is. 1876.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

Mr.. Wm. A. Bryan, for some years
past editos Of the ibcryillc .Soulu,
died Thars1as, the 18th inst, in his
57th gear OF sge. lie leaves many
we're friends to mourn their loss,
and ,he priating fraternity, one of
its aoblcst, earnest anG mostzeabus
@e0 operators.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

The @idov Of the celebrated
Confederate. General Pickett, who
Jed the deaperote charge at Gettys-
{ hure, in 5nlg, 1868, has been ap.
pointed 70 a clerKship in thdlnterioc
"DepareMpns at Washington.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
.TSsssssr asA syiae .A.i.-sseveswErg<ReoT,


The Homer Journa.., commenting
on some recent public uttcfances of
Lieutenant Governor kuobloch,
says:
The Lieutenant Governor airs his
opinions o! State politics with an
cgotism that in so far as it is not
disgusting is ;ruiy amusing. lie says
that Nichols is a very weak candi-
date-can not yer carry his oun
parish. McEnery is strong, but he
is careful to say fiat he does not say
that McEnesy will DC nominated. IN
short, he says the he (Kuoblocln
held the balance Of power in the lax
State convention and nominated
Mci3nery, and that he will be on
shand with thc balance of power
again in the next co%nVcntien and
can name The next Governor. The
substance Of Fac whole interview OF
this sclf-important gentleman is,
that it is altogether useless FOE the
people Of Louisiana to- manifest n
concern about their next Governor
hold primaries. or in any ether
way express their preferences. This
is utterly aseless. wound lie trouble
Tor nothing and iuJurc the party.
The people no longer have anything
to do with making governors. kno-
bloch ho}Gs the whele thing il the
hollow of his hand and Of course
will close down on Cor himself, or IN
the event he does not want it will
turn it Over to some hencilman who
can be relied upon. Parties who
have an ambition TO be Governor
need not apply 10 The people.
All his is q thing Of the past. The
people Of Louisiana are no longer
the sources Of political poser and
public pseferalcnt. kno'loch has
been Kind enough to relieve the peo-
pie OF this trouble and annoy ancc.
lie is the one and only political
power in Louisiana. Candidates,
instead Of ~throwing themselves il
the arms 0: the dear people, have
only to sall into the arss Of Mr.
Clay knoblo:h. For some time the
people have suspected that their will
was not o very important factor in
the manufacture of governors and
no doubt they feel relieved 10 Nnow
that their suspicious have been we'll
founded, and at the same time graft.
fed to discover that the whole mat.
ter is in the hands of a person who
vas never before suspected cf any.
thing Of the kind.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
HUNTER & SKIN COLLECTORS

SEND FE}P I1,lCE LIST0FNE FTRS,
SKINS, pLJMES, BIRDS AND
ALLIGATOR UtrES
- ". GOTLDsnEE.
IS ~IIavrrliili st.
,Yan. Is. 81 B"Steu. Mass.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

General Vim. b. l~lazsn, Chief
Signal Oaicep, United States army,
sled ottEasilipeson City, y. g., Of
lAiabctic coma last Sunday evening,
:. at 8 o'clock
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

Hon. v. .. Gay has Gae thanks of
his community FOR the great variety
ns garden seeds seat them, wsich is
biehly appreciated.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
Rose Hill Sl0pR
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Nobody talked about the rush >.
Rose Nil Store this Week
OBODY COULD

EVE had enough ia 4.
talking about the reasonable AND
FAIR PRICES FOR EVERYTHING
they saw and bought without tall.
ing or thinking about rush. ldoo.
want the pablo to understand ,tas
am giving goeGs away for less than
cost. have 100 much Store roo,.
for that, bnt ] AIN willing to, and a,
sell good fresh goods, received
weekly Tor a fair and rea,ouaLl.
profit.
| have gust received from 6r,a
hands. s uice lot Of Fall and Winter
clothing. which offer at low figures
The s~aaai5act1ur ] bought them
from had too much clothing, so hc
sold Ee some. l NOW have qo,
MUCE and Z want to sell ALL of it ia
the public for all it is worth. ! hays
marked the prices so low that every.
one who has bought a ruil lately
will wish he had waited to see This
lot. hcsnemhert I do not Offer 10
sell anything for Irss than il n
worth, hut promise to give you full
value 2or your money. ] AK fun
gn1ne ana no more for my goods-ba
the pcope who have bought at
RcSe .si!1 Store
say that what ! cali tun auAue, lyossy,
md is heapl About This | say
nothing. but leave il to YOU 10 cone
ara decide for yourselves.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22

4 contemporary announces q new
story, entitled The Need Of Money"
That HAS long been an I'D, old
Stnry.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
MdasUeIs of Natural Gas.

CO The American Bankers Association
had a holiday recently, but the rare fun
involved considerable hard work. The
visitors encountered numberless phases
of the fuel revolution consequent upon
the introduction of natural gas. It is
only two years since this revolution oc-
Cured, and now some 500 iron and glass
industries in the vicinity of Pittsburg,
Pa, are dependent on natural gas for
fuel, and there are altogether some TO-
900 consumers. So much is the utility
of this fuel appreciated that most of the
housemaids refuse to enter service in any
family not using this gas as a fuel. The
present consumption reaches the enor-
nous bulk of more than 800, 600, 600 cubic
feet daily in the industries and homes
| above referred to. As the steamer
moved down the Monongahela with the
hundreds of visitors on board, the scene
for miles was one of such magniicence
| as had never before been witnessed by
those unused to thu phenomena, for the
entire waterway was illuminated by
great clouds of shifting fire high in all
as the gas shot heavenward from the
numerous tall stand pipes along the
banks.
Other phenomena were studied. It has
usually been considered a difficult feat
to set the river afire, but they can do il
from Pittsburg. Suddenly a flame shot
500 feet into the air from the surface o.
the Allegheny, and that great jet, Oh
rather bank of water was all afiame. i
was an odd sight to see a burning stream
of water playing high in the air, but thi
gas will lift a heavy column of water
and burn while it is doing it.
A little farther on and four great stant
pipes $50 feetshigh shot upward grea
columns of gas which roared lik'
thunder, and which were ignited by fir
ing rockets into the shooting gas. The
a monster pillar of everchanging fir
hung like q wide spreading cloud over
head, and the appearance was awful.
The days festivities Closed with a visi
to the great Westinghouse electri
works.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
The Joke Put on the Lawyer.

nLeslie Coombs, g great friend of
Henry Clay and a popular stump speak
or, used to tell a good story about
Counselor Higgins. He was exceed
ingly adroit in defending q prisoner,
and would sometimes almost laugh
down an indictment for O small offense.
A fellow Zone Smith,, being on trial
for stealing a turkey, the counselor
attempted to give q good-natured turn
to the affair. "Why, gentlemen of the
iury," said he, "this is really q small
affair; I wonder any one would bring
such a complaint into court; if we are
going on at this rate we shall have
business enough on u hands. Why,
L recollect when I was at college moth
ing was more common than to go out
foraging. We did not get the poultry
too often in the same place, and there
was no harm done, no fault found"
Notwithstanding this appeal the jury
coaE1cted the prisoner. After the
court rose one of the jury, a plain old
farmer, meeting the counselor, compli'
mented his ingenuity in the defense
"And now, s tuire," said he, fixing 6
knowing look upon him, "l should
like to ask you a question. Which road
do you take going home, the upper O
the lower?" "The lower" replied the
counselor. "Well, then, it don't mat
ter. 1 was only gqing to observe tina
I had better Jog along toward hom'
and lock UP nv chicken COOP"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS,

A hailstone with a nucleus of gypsum,
probably sucked up in a waterspout, fell
in a recent shower in France.
Cicero relates that the Chaldeans and
Bactrians claimed celestial observations
for 40, 900 years; but, taking a day as
an astronomical period, it becomes 1900
years, or taking a moon lunar, so, 900
years.
The pruning of vines has been investi-
gated by FL. Mueller, who finds that the
proper time is while the fruit is ripen-
ing, and that the young shoots should
be cut, as their development requires
much sugar.
At various magnetic o~bservatories on
the continent of Europe slight disturb
ances were registered, which apparently
were connected in time with the late
earthquakes. M. Mascart believes that
a more careful examination of the records
of different observations will show the
connection which may exist between the
two disturbances.
A professor claims to have discovered
that q grain of alum in a gallon of water
will reduce the colonies of bacterla-if
the water is sufficiently infested-trom
800 to about so, and that the remain
ing bacteria will be the large ones and
can easily be taken out by filtering. The
required amount of alum, he says, is too
small to be detected by taste and is not
harmful to health.
A series of experiments recently made
by a French metallurgist are stated to
have proved that steel loses weight by
rust about twice as rapidly as cast iron
when exposed to moist air. Acidu-
lated water was found to dissolve cast
iron much more rapidly th&n steel. This
would indicate that steel bridges are
less affected by the acids contained in
the smoke of locomotives than iron ones.
Nine-tenths of wild animals in con,
6nement are said by a medical writer to
be subject to heart disease; but all ami
mails have their peculiarities. Elephants
are subject to many diseases, the most
common and fatal of which is rAeuma,
tism. Monkeys and balloons generally
49, -I
disease, and suffer much from typhoid
lever. Animals of the feline race are
most subject to dysentery and hear
disease; and their prey, deer, antelopes.
ETC., are most liable to the same afflic.
lions. Animals of the canine tribe art
the h%ealthiest, but too many wolves
must not be kept together, or they viii
eat one another.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
Price of Pictures Past and Present,

In the days of Sir Joshua Reynolds
very fine landscapes by such masters
as Claude, Poussin, tuyp, Ruysdael,
and Hobbema were to be bought for
200 or 800 guineas, and the highest for
a Claude was $3.50 for that beautiful
picture known as "Ihe Enchanted
Castle in the sale of NJ. de Calonne's
(the French Ambassador collection in
1895 in London, and $500 for the COM
panion picture, described in the sale
catalogue as equally beautiful" but
which has now not been identified.
The prices, which evince q high estimate
OF Claude before the days of modern
landscape, are positively insignificant
compared to those paid at auction dur
ing the last twenty years for land
scapes and sea pieces by Turner, Con-
stable, David Cox, Copley, Fielding,
William Collins, W. Muller, Stanfeld,
and Linnell. These go by thousands
instead of hundreds of guineas. And
Gainsborough comes into this honor
able account now, though his land
scapes while he painted them were
thought little of, and he died leaving
the passage and staircase of his rooms
in Sohomberg House, Pail Mall, incum-
bered with them. Yet have we not
seen at Christie's his market Cart"
bought for the NationakG allery so far
back as 1923 at close upon 81, 200, and
just twenty years ago his "Harvest
Wagon" for f3, lat los; in 1875 his
"Rustics of a Road" for g3,4G5, and in
1888 peasants and Golfers Going to
Market" e2,835? These are figures
worthy of his genius. High prices for
pictures by Crome, Patrick Nasmith,
George Vincent, Gotham, and others
OF the old school might also be quoted.
And still more forcibly to show the
increased appreciation of landscape
atSGe, present time, there are not to be
forgotten "The Chill October" of Sir
John Millais, which sod for f3,255 in
the Mendel sale, 1875, and in the pres
ent season, his "Over the Hills and
Far Away" for $3.50. = Ninetee1eh
| CentuTU. y
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
Persian Housewives.

The Persian lady is a good housewife.
She rises with the dawn, she is liberal
IN her housekeeping, kind to her servants,
/ little p~rofuse, perhaps, but then living
Is cheap in the east. The keys of every
thing are in the keeping of the mistress
Of the house, and she is usually exact in
her accounts. All the vast stock of
conserves and sweetmeats, syrups for the
incarnation of sherbets, and pickles in
endless variety are either prepared by
her W fingers or under her eyes. Nor
does she disdain to be a c%onfec-
toner and maker of pastry. AS eve
aing approaches-the long, elaborate
Persian dinner being partaken of among
lie. upper classes by the x apart-she
prepares to entertain her husband; she
will play to him upon the lutte or har-
monica; she will sing to him, or read him
10 sleep with poetry; or she will play
with him at backgammon or chess, or
recite to him long stories in the style OF
1.-THE Arabian Nights" When he is sick
The nurses him, and it is her pride to see
that his wardrobe is well supplied and
bis servants well clad. She will intrigue
for him, plead for him, lie for him. sh
will carry her complaisance even 50 far
u to find another wife for him.-[St.
James's Gazette. Q
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
Why People Marry,

1t would be an interesting and in
structive lesson if, in a community of
married people representing various So
clal grades, we could request the indi-
viduals, both husbands and wives, to
inform us clearly and truthfully of the
reasons which induced them to select
their respective partners for life. 1t
would be found in many instance that
the most insignificant trifes had infu
enced many of them in this most deli
cate matter.
AS an instance in point, take the case
of the wealthy young Quaker who mar
ried his wife simply because she was the
happy possessor of a p~incushion!
Here is the story: He had been out
and his necktie became d~isarranged,
when happening to meet two young la.
dies of his own persuasion with whom
he was acquainted, he inquired whether
either of them could give him a pin. Ono
of the girls Immediately produced from
her pocket a natty little pincushion full
of pins which she hapded to him with a
bewitching smile. It is more thar
probable that this smile and the good
looks of the fair donor had a great dea'
to do with the young fellows choice, az
he proposed to her and was accepted the
next day. Buthe always sturdily main
tanned that he was influenced at the time
by nothing more than the pincushion.
Another illustration from life: 4
well educated and intelligent gentleman
on being asked how he came to selec
the young woman who eventually be
came his wife, and whom he had frs
met in q we'll known drapery establish
ment, replied: because | observed hoV
nimbly, yet gracefully, she mounted
ladder
We once heard of a young man wh'
remarked that he had chosen his wife
an amiable, highly accomplished gin
and a splendid vocalist-"Just becaus
she had eaten such a hearty dinner at
picnic"
Hundreds of similar cases could b
adduced, but the foregoing example
will show that small mltters may infiu
ence many in their choice of a life
partner .--[London Paper.